Review of Katy Perry- Teenage Dreams

I've always said I am crap at music reviews. I don't know enough adjectives. However I thought I'd give it a whirl and see how it ends up.

Please excuse the poor formatting. I'm currently writing on my iPhone and I'm still trying to find a decent Blogger editor (any recommendations please chuck them this way!)

So, Katy Perry, To be honest I never really paid much attention to "One Of The Boys". Any song that activist promotes same sex activity for purely histrionic purposes is a big No, No in my book (That means you T.A.T.U!). The songs were catchy and I rather liked the cover of Hot N Cold by that random polka band.

The new album first came to my attention when G kept wittering on about the "Popeecoals" song. This turned out to be his interpretation of the word Popsicle. California Girls was a hit, it captured the essence of Summer 2010 to a tee and is so undeniably catchy you can't say no. Plus that added bonus of G's own version of the song...

So I got the album (mostly to encourage G's ridiculous lyrical genius(?)). First thing we noticed is that it STANK. Some label exec decided it'd be a smart idea to make it smell of cotton candy.

Teenage Dreams, the second single and namesake, is a personal favourite. It does everything that a pop song should do. It makes you think "This song is about me!!!" I find myself humming it at work and people often ask me if I'm choking/having a seizure/having a death rattle (Poof! There goes my dreams of singing at Ally Pally :( )

The mix of songs go from the sublime to the bizarre. Whilst listening to Peacock in traffic G stopped the CD and refused to put it back on till we hit the open road in case people thought he might be "a bender". Not a massive fan of this song, like the same sex issue graphic songs about penises aren't really my cup of tea.

Highlights include Pearl, Firework and The One That Got Away. Miss Hudson/Perry/Russell Brand can certainly sing and I love her cheeky "I'm having a bit of a laugh" attitude but there a few songs that just leave me thinking it's a little bit more Smurfs Go Pop than epic masterpiece.

Teenage Dreams does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a perfect teenage pop record with a few guilty pleasures for us mid-20s plus.

I give it a 7 stars out of 10.